African river, reportedly one of the ten accounting for 90% of the plastic entering the world’s oceans Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue African river, reportedly one of the ten accounting for 90% of the plastic entering the world’s oceans last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is NIGER.

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Crossword Answer For African river, reportedly one of the ten accounting for 90% of the plastic entering the world’s oceans:

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% NIGER African river, reportedly one of the ten accounting for 90% of the plastic entering the world’s oceans (5) The Times Specialist Sunday Dec 24, 2017
59% NILE African river (4) Commuter Oct 17, 2025
56% CDS S&L accounts (3) Newsday Oct 22, 2025
54% ESTUARIES River-ocean connectors (9) Newsday Sep 25, 2025
52% CAIRO World capital on the world's longest river (5) New York Times Oct 30, 2025
52% ANGLE A right one is 90° (5) New York Times Oct 21, 2025
52% HIPPOPOTAMUS African river horse? (12) (12) The Guardian Quick Oct 21, 2025
49% SANAA Middle Eastern city that's one of the ten highest capitals in the world (5) Wall Street Journal Oct 1, 2025
47% TALES Accounts (5) New York Times Oct 23, 2025
47% ASEA On the ocean (4) Thomas Joseph Oct 16, 2025

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